Groucho Marx in Bubble Bath, Hollywood, circa 1950

Name: WEEGEE (1899–1968)
Brand: Groucho Marx in Bubble Bath, Hollywood, circa 1950
Price: 3000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised USD 3,750

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Closed: 10 Apr 2018

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WEEGEE (1899–1968)

Groucho Marx in Bubble Bath, Hollywood, circa 1950

Price Realised USD 3,750

Closed: 10 Apr 2018

Price Realised USD 3,750

Closed: 10 Apr 2018

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WEEGEE (1899–1968)
Groucho Marx in Bubble Bath, Hollywood, circa 1950

gelatin silver print
image: 4 ½ x 3 ⅝ in. (11.4 x 9.2 cm.)
sheet: 5 x 3 ⅞ in. (12.7 x 9.8 cm.)

Estate of Peter Martin, an editor, photographer and close friend to Weegee in the 1940s-1950s
Acquired from the above by the present owner

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Lot Essay

Peter Martin, the photograph-magazine editor, photographer, friend to Weegee and original owner of this work had a studio in Greenwich Village that served as a meeting place for both famous and aspiring New York-based photographers of the 1940s and 1950s. Among those in Martin's circle of friends and colleagues were Philippe Halsman, W. Eugene Smith, Ruth Orkin and others. Martin was the editor of the magazine where this maquette appeared, Glamour Photography, and he purchased the photographs directly from Weegee.